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Understanding Relationships Versus Relate Fields

This week's tip comes from Brenda Rossetto, one of our Knowledge Collaborators on the team that manages all of the documentation on the Sugar Support Site.

Brenda wanted to share:

When configuring Sugar modules, admins often have to choose between a relationship, a relate field, or a flex relate field to represent a piece of information. To understand the difference and make sure you choose the right one, check out the Introduction to Relationships and Relate Fields article:

To find more helpful articles like this, be sure to check out all of the Help Articles on the Support Site:

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